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No, 709,596. Patented Sept. 23, i902. W. CLINE.

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STCK CAR.

(Application filed Nov. 13, 1899.)

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STCK CAB.

(Application led. Nov. 13, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES `PATENT CEEICE.

-WILLIAM CLINE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CLINESTOCK-CAR COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION CF NEVJERSEY.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters )Patent No.. 709,596, datedSeptember 23, 1902. Application filed November 13, 1899. Serial. No.736,748. (No model-.l

io for use in transporting horses and cattle; and

it is an improvement on the construction shown and described in LettersPatent No.

515,429, dated January 19, 1897; and the object of these improvements isto facilitate the feeding of the animals.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of thevarious parts, as will be hereinafterfully described, and then pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure l is a side elevation of a car embodying myimprovements,different arrangements of the slats being shown on opposite sides of thedoor. z5 Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the car, parts being cut away andone of the doors of the clearstory being shown in an open position. Fig.3 is a transverse section thereof; Fig. 4, a transverse section of aportion of the 3o clearstory, showing one of the doors in the positionoccupied thereby when open Fig. 5, a longitudinal section of the car.Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the rooft'rame of theclearstory; Fig. 7, a perspective view of the upper end of one of theside slats; Figs. 8 and 9, respectively, side and front sectional viewsof the Outlets of the ventilator-pipe; and Fig. 10 an enlarged sectionof one of the doors of the clearstory.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the details of the drawings, A indicates the body of thecar; A',the side doors; B, the end posts of the frame and those adjacentto the side doors, which posts eX- tend outward beyond the intermediateposts B B2, as seen at b, Fig. 2, and D D are the cap pieces or plates,resting on posts B, B, and B2.

D" D are stringere connecting the outwardly-extending portions of postsB, and D2 slats having in their ends centrally-located pins d, which arepivoted in the opposite faces ofthe upper and lower stringers D. Thelength of these slats may be of the full height of the car, as seen onthe right of Fig. l, or they may be divided centrally into two rows andhave their inner ends pivoted in an intermediate Stringer D3, as seen outhe left of Fig. l. These slats are not connected in any other way thanby the stringers in which they are hinged, and thus each slat can swingindependently of all the others; but on the outer edge of one end ofeach slat is fixed an upwardly or downwardly extending arm E, which asthe slats swing either one Way or the other engage the adjacentstringer, serving as detente to limit the movement of the slats whenthey close upon each other. By this construction slats D2 swing with thewind; but, While they do not at any time close tightly upon each other,they deflect the wind, rain, snow, cinders, and the like from theopenings between them and between Which ventilation of the car is had atall times. I

Findicates thejoistsextendingtransversely of the car; F', posts on saidjoists .and supporting the root` beneath the sides of the clearstory;F2, a horizontal partition which serves as the floor of a hay-loft andas a portion of the ceiling of the car, and F3, hayracks locatedadjacent to the sides of the car, as shown on the right of Fig. 3, andconstructed to have their lower edges detached from the side of the carand swung back into the body thereof, as shown on the left of Fig. 3.The hay-racks do not form any part of this invention, and thereforetheir construction and the manner of operating them are not furtherdescribed.

G indicates `the clearstory, closed at both ends and having on top andextending longitudinally of the center thereof a runningboard G',resting on a similarly-disposed plate G2, which is supported by thejoists G3 of the clear-story. Plate G2 is Wider than runningboard G andhas its longitudinal edges projecting on both sides of saidrunning-board, and plate G2 is let into joists G3 and has its IOC) uppersurface flush with the tops of said joists.

-To the longitudinal sides of the clearstory are hinged doors G4,adapted to close the openings in the top of said clearstory on the sidesof running-board G', and the ends of these doors when closed rest on'said joists G3, and theinner edges thereof rest on the flanges g, formedby the edges of plate G2 projecting beyond the edges of running-board G.In the tops of flanges g are gutters g, extending longitudinallythereof, which gutters connect with similar gutters g2, formed in thetops of joists G3 and which extend outward from said gutters g to theoutside of walls G5 of the clearstory. Thus water is prevented from.passinginto the clearstory through the joints in its roof. Y

.Doors G4 are constructed of thin boards g3, having a lining g4 ofsheet-iron, zinc, or other sheet metal riveted to boards g3, thusforming light and strong doors. When open, the swinging edges g5 of thedoors rest on the roof of the car, as shown in Fig. 4. By reason of thelightness of the doors and the arrangement of the parts supporting themthe clearstory can be made wider than could otherwise be done, greatlyfacilitating the handling of hay in the loft and the transferring of thesame from the loft to the hayracks.

Along the longitudinal sides of the clearstory and on the outside of andbelow the tops of walls G5 are located ventilator-lines H, extending thelength of the clearstory and supported by branch flues H, which are connected with tiues H by T-joints and which j pass through walls G5 of theclearstory,

whereby ventilation of the car is had through the roof thereof. Saidbranch tiues H also serve to support and secure in place theventilator-fines H, nuts H2 being screwed on theinner ends of saidbranch tlues, which nuts bear against `the inner faces of walls G5, asshown at h, or they may be countersunk in the inner faces of said walls,as shown at hC At intervals ou tiet-pipes H3 depend fromventilator-flues H, and the ends h2 of said ventilator-ues are turneddownward for the same purpose. As will be understood, ventilation isthrough branch flues H to and through ventilator-lines H and to and outof outletpipes H8 and h2. In outlet-pipes H3 and h2 deiiectors M arepivoted at their upper ends. The lower ends of said deectors extendbelow the bottoms of the outlet-pipes, and they are adapted to swingfreely about their pivots m, so that they are blown backward from thedirection in which the car moves and prevent the entrance throughoutlet-pipes H3 and 722 of cinders, dust, and smoke. Outletpipes Hs andh2 may be either circular in cross-section, as shown at R in Figs. 8 and9, or they may be square, as shown at S in the same figures. In thecircular outlet-pipes the deflectors have reduced stems m, whereby saiddeflectors may have greater play about their pivots m, but in the squareoutwidth throughout their entire length.

let-pipes the deflectors may be of the same These elongated liues H,with their branches and outlets, serve to create a current of air fromthe car much greater than can be created by l simple outlet-finesopening from the car directly into space, and the strength of thisaircurrent is much increased by the deflector M.

To the under sides of doors G4 of the clearstory are att ached outwardlyand downwardly extending hinge-straps N, in the outer ends whereof areformed openings, and on ventilator-flues H are outwardly-projecting jawsN', also having openings in their outer ends. The hinge-straps N and thejaws N' are connected, and the hinges of the doors are formed byhinge-pinsnpassing through said openings in the hinge-straps and in thejaws, the hingestraps engaging between said jaws. By reason of thisconstruction of the hinges said doors, when open, not only have theirfree edges supported by the roof of the car, but they entirely-uncoverthe sides of the clearstory and allow unimpeded access to the hayloft,so that hay can be more readily fed to the hay-racks lthan couldotherwise be done. In addition to this the door-hinges are lnoresecurely attached to the sides of the clearstory, and the material ofsaid sides of the clearstory is less apt to be splintered or strainedthat when the hinges are attached to the edges of said sides. Flues Hand their branches H also serve not only as ventilators, but ashinge-supports for said doors G4.

I do not restrict myself to the details of theV construction hereinshown and described, as it is obvious that many alterations may be madetherein without departing from the principle and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-.

1. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory, a running-board extendinglengthwise of the top of the clearstory, outwardly-projecting flanges onthe sidesof the runningboard and having gutters lengthwise thereof,joists supporting the runnin g-board and having gutters that connectwith the gutters in the running-board, and doors hinged to the sidewalls of the clearstory and adapted, when closed, to have their swingingedges rest on said tianges of the running-board.

2. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory,joists extending acrossthe clearstory and having gutters, a plate countersunk in the joists andextending lengthwise of the clearstory, a running-board of less widththan said plate and resting on the center thereof, gutterslongitudinally of the projecting edges of said plate and connecting withgutters in the joists, and doors hinged to the side walls of theclearstory and adapted, when closed, to have their edges rest on theprojecting edges of said plate.

3. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory, a door on the top of theclearstory, a

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rod or tube extending along the side of the clearstory, and hinge-strapsconnecting said door and the rod, for the purpose specified.

LI. The combination, in a car, of a elearstory, a door on lthe top ofthe olearstory, jaws projecting outward from the side of the clearstory,hinge-straps projecting from said doors, and a hinge-pin connecting theouter ends of the jaws and of the hinge-strap, for the purposespecified.

5. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory, a door on the top of theclearstory, a rod or tube extending along the side of the clearstory,jaws projecting outward from the rod or tube, hinge-straps projectingfrom said doors, and a hinge-pin connecting the outer ends of the jawsand of the hinge-strap, for the purpose specified.

6. The combination, in a car, of a e1earstory, a running-board extendinglengthwise of the center of the clearstory and havingoutwardly-projecting fianges provided with gutters, joists supportingthe running-board and having lgutters connected with the gutters in theflanges, series of doors at the sides of the runningboard and havingtheir edges adapted to rest on said anges and on the joists, jawsprojecting outward from the sides of the walls of the ciearstory,outward lyprojecting hinge-straps on the doors, and hinge-pinsconnecting the outer ends of said jaws and of the hinge-straps, for thepurpose specified.

7. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory, a door on the top of theclearstory, a ventilator-flue extending along the outside of a Wall ofthe elearstory, branches of said due and extending through the wall ofthe clearstory and supporting said flue in place, jaws on said flue,hinge-straps on the door, and hinge-pins connecting the outer ends ofsaid jaws and of the hinge-straps, for the purpose hinge-pins connectingthe outer ends of said jaws and of the hinge-straps, for the purposespecified.

9. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory, a runningboard extendinglengthwise of t-he clearstory and having outwardlyeprojeeting angesprovided with gutters, joists supporting the running-board and havinggutters connected with the gutters in the fianges, series of doors atthe sides of the runningboard and having their edges adapted to rest onsaid flanges and on the joists, ventilatorues extending along theoutside of the walls of the clearstory, branches on said dues andextending through the walls of the clearstory and secured therein bynuts, outwardly-projecting jaws on said Hue, hinge-straps extendingoutward from the doors, and hinge-pins connecting the outer ends of saidjaws and ofthe hinge straps, for the purpose specified.

` WILLIAM CLINE. Witnesses:

C. G. BAssLER, WM. R. GERHART.

